plural of para

(law) Abbreviation of paragraphs.

A surname.

A Japanese type of dance from the 1980s.

(historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

(medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

Clipping of paragraph. / Clipping of paratrooper. / (US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator. / Clipping of paraplegic.

(UK, Australia, slang) very drunk

beside, alongside / between / around, surrounding / adjacent, next to / near / opposite of, on the far side of / above, over / across, through, throughout / beyond / abnormal / incorrect / false

(obsolete, not productive) to guard against, to avert, to shield from; to provide protection against, defence from